Comments for Jackie Vetter's Kitchen

Comment on The Peasant Soup Pot by fridayyet

fridayyet — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:16:38 +0000

Hey Jackie. I found your website just this morning through the E2L forum on Yahoo. My husband and I started E2L just a few days ago. I realized quickly that I needed to re-learn how to cook if we were to stand a chance of succeeding on this new plan.

Your soup recipe looked great and I had nearly everything in the house. I made it for dinner just as you wrote it except that I added some mushrooms I need to use up. FANTASTIC! Something about the soup is very “meaty”. Subtly flavored and extremely satisfying.

Looking forward to what you cook next!

Thanks!

Comment on The Peasant Soup Pot by Ken

Ken — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:51:30 +0000

OH! MY!
This was SO GOOD!!

Comment on Chocolate by Ricki

Ricki — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:12:36 +0000

Jackie,
I’m so glad you liked this and that it was a hit with Kenny, too! I had never thought of the comparison to those “icy squares” (which I used to LOVE as a kid), but I can see the resemblance. Thanks so much for giving this a try and for the shout-out.

Have a great (chocolatey) Sunday–

Ricki :)

Comment on Thai Curry Soup by Jackie

Jackie — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:21:45 +0000

Another good looking dish. Again, you don’t have to use meat to make this dish delicious. I’ve eaten Thai soup vegetarian so many times and it is amazing! If you need to, you can add “fake” meat to the recipe to give it that feel you like, but the more you eat it without, the better you will like it. Also, I would use veggie broth instead of chicken broth.

Beth, you and Kelly are going to have to cook for us sometime!

Comment on Pad Kee Mow by Jackie

Jackie — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:17:34 +0000

Something you can use, in place of fish sauce, is veggie “Better Than Bouillion”. Just be careful how much you use due to the sodium content. It makes a great flavor enhancer.

Thanks for the recipe, Beth. I like the fact that you feel comfortable enough to contribute recipes and then let me offer vegan/vegetarian substitutions since you don’t cook this way. Gives us some great ideas.

Comment on Another Friday Lunch by Jackie

Jackie — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:05:09 +0000

I will definitely check this out. Maybe tomorrow for lunch!

Thanks for the heads up!

Comment on The Asparagus Patch at Our House by Jackie

Jackie — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:55:14 +0000

Beth:

Thank you very much for contributing the recipe, and while yes, this is a vegetarian blog, I want people to be able to feel they can share their recipes too as long as they can be successfully vegetarianized/veganized.

In this case, I would just simply leave out the fish sauce, and I would use veggie broth instead of chicken broth. In place of shrimp or chicken, you could use some kind of meat substitute if you wanted, but I think this recipe would be just simply delicious without it!

Thank you, Beth. Ken and I will try this.

Comment on Another Friday Lunch by curryosity

curryosity — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:35:47 +0000

Speaking of sushi, Kelly and I have found a great new sushi place on Bardstown road called Oishii Sushi. They are located at 2245 Bardstown Rd. in Louisville, 502-618-2829. They are open MO-TH: 11-2 & 5-10; F: 11-2 & 5-11; SA: 5-11 & SU: 5-9. It’s very small and crowded thanks to an article in Velocity (and we went during the week). For the first few months it was open; all the truly religious sushi fanatics in search of the best sushi had discovered it and kept it a secret. Velocity let the secret out of the bag so it gets pretty crowded now. Normally we prefer Sakura Blue and our favorite is Wasabi on 82nd in Indy. This surpasses by leaps and bounds Wasabi in Indy. It is by far the freshest sushi I have ever put in my mouth, it’s inventive/new twists on classics, and the rolls are huge. If it’s too crowded they do sushi to go and package it great. As we sat at the bar we marveled over the items that were being crafted for other patrons. I highly recommend their Crunch Munch, Hotai (scallop), Dragon Roll, and a few others that were delectable. Women talk about the joys of chocolate but this took the cake for me. They will definitely be seeing us again; we are planning sushi Mondays with Heather. By the way they only serve sushi, apps, salads, soups, and desserts; they don’t serve meals like chicken terriyaki.

Comment on Mai’s Thai Restaurant by curryosity

curryosity — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:19:17 +0000

We’ve been eating at Mai’s for several years now. My favorite dish is Pad Kee Mow, but I love so many of them. I’ve always liked Thai food myself, but got really interested when Kelly and I befriended one of his co-workers Thiem, who’s from Thailand. Thiem taught us a lot of very traditional dishes and it’s always a pleasure to eat at her house. It’s especially wonderful when she has friends and family visiting from Thailand the food and company are amazing; not to mention the drinking rituals. Good times are had by all. Thiem’s close friend Penny owns a restaurant in downtown Louisville by the UofL dorms; and she also knows Mai. There are still some closely guarded recipes that I need to get. In response to River; depending on the ingredients, there are a lot of dishes that have fish sauce in them but you would never know it. For instance most Pad Kee Mow’s have fish sauce but instead of standing out like in soups in this dish it enriches the other flavors. Unless you’re a vegan of course. I forget that most of the members on this blog are, sorry.

Comment on Summer Salad by bethsturning40

bethsturning40 — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:07:07 +0000

Hi, Sis! Just wanted to leave a post and let you know that your salad creation looks MARVELOUS! I know I don’t comment very often but I am visiting you VERY OFTEN!! I love you and am so proud of you! Love, Beth